lasthumanvoice: (in the minds of those kids)
Cecil Gershwin Palmer ([personal profile] lasthumanvoice) wrote in [community profile] ph_logs2024-10-13 02:12 pm

[OPEN, Mingle] Yamsgiving

Who: Cecil and EVERYONE
What: Another Harvest Celebration
When: Beginning of Pumpkinfest
Where: Center of town
Warning(s): Discussion of the Gala and its attendant CWs may come up

1. Yes, we're happy as fish [Food Prep, Oak and Iron kitchen]
Cecil's made a point of seeking out the best known chefs in town to help him put everything together for this meal. While sweet potato dishes are the star, at least one available with every course, he's hoping to hit a broad variety so everyone can find something they like. He, of course, is peeling and chopping his eternal sweet potato to make sure there's enough to go around.

(Of course you don't need to worry about him with a knife! He's fine! Don't you know he was once a boy scout?)

If someone needs an extra hand for their dishes, though, he's happy to lend one. There's an attitude of camaraderie and cheer in the room, with Cecil even breaking out singing at one or two points in the evening.


2. And gorgeous as geese [The Meal; Festival Green]
Everyone's invited to the feast. That is, in fact, the whole point. Cecil's always been pointedly neutral in the town's tensions, working as the most unbiased media monkey he can. He's the Voice of Pumpkin Hollow, and that means not taking sides between Dahlia and Neil and the Temple and whoever else. But after the gala, he's made a choice to act, to try to foster goodwill and warm feelings. This isn't the stone stew he offered during January's famine, this is a Redwall-style feast.

So, between glasses of mead from Kasprak Farm and dandelion wine, everyone is invited to fill their plate with candied yams and zucchini bread, roast chicken and venison donated by one of the Enforcers. There's a homemade cranberry sauce with citrus wedges and dandelion-leaf salad with an apple cider vinaigrette and toasted acorns for garnish. There's pasta with a homemade pesto sauce and cheese. Desserts, too, are plentiful, some even flavored with...chocolate. But many are not, and feature sweet potatoes. Muffins, pies, etc.

Find a table with a friend or a stranger, and indulge. This is a warm-fuzzy type thing--feel free to use it as a mingle.


3. And wonderfully clean in the morning [Cleanup; Also Festival Green]
Cecil is, quite honestly, expecting to be the only person to stay and clean up. He's been up since about five in the morning and he's dragging a bit at this point. Oh, he did take the time to eat, so he's not starving, but like. He could use help putting the Green back to rights.


4. We've got everything, we're growing everything [Cecil Wildcards]
[You know how to find me to plot.]
pineapplesalmon: (a chin touch moment)

GRACE!

[personal profile] pineapplesalmon 2024-10-20 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Hey, Eddie!" César beams to him, then leans over to whisper conspiratorially. "Magne and I have started talking about getting married."

He always saves a bit of gossip for these events.
batteryacid: (F)

[personal profile] batteryacid 2024-10-21 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Eddie keeps his voice just as soft when he deadpans, "Truly, you will reach your final evolutionary form of wife guy."

Then he slings an arm around César's shoulders to pull him in for a hug. "I'm glad to hear it, man," Eddie says, far more sincerity in his tone now.
pineapplesalmon: (a scientist's humor)

[personal profile] pineapplesalmon 2024-10-21 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
César beams. "I'm looking forward to it!"

Oo, hug—César doesn't resist, wrapping his arms right back around Eddie with a laugh. "Thanks. We all knew it was coming, but that doesn't stop it from being any less exciting. You're one of the first I wanted to tell since you helped convince me to be a farmer. Magne and I have had a lot of good memories on the farm. She looks adorable in overalls."
batteryacid: (C)

[personal profile] batteryacid 2024-10-22 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
"I didn't do that much," Eddie protests modestly. "But I am very glad that things have worked out so well for you, and Magne too."
pineapplesalmon: (confidence)

[personal profile] pineapplesalmon 2024-10-22 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
"You'll still be invited to the wedding for sure." César laughs warmly and claps Eddie on the shoulder. "How have you and Angel been?"
batteryacid: (D)

[personal profile] batteryacid 2024-10-23 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
"We're doing well. I have no complaints, and I haven't heard any from Angel."

Pause. Consider.

"You haven't heard any complaints from Angel, have you?"
pineapplesalmon: (friendly smile)

[personal profile] pineapplesalmon 2024-10-23 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
César shakes his head and squeezes Eddie's shoulder in reassurance before letting go. "Not a peep of a complaint."
batteryacid: from the Matlock episode "The Star" (I)

[personal profile] batteryacid 2024-10-23 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"I didn't think so," Eddie admits, "since Angel has always been straightforward about things with me. But... I've got a history of missing certain details."
pineapplesalmon: (a chin touch moment)

[personal profile] pineapplesalmon 2024-10-23 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Same here. Even when Magne can only hint, she hints strongly so I can pick up on it." César admits easily, then sighs and shakes his head with an amused smile. "People just need to say things, you know? Saves a lot of energy."
batteryacid: (Default)

[personal profile] batteryacid 2024-10-23 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"You'd think so," Eddie sighs. Then he makes eye contact with someone across the table, and picks up a dish to pass it their way.

"Ah, well. The less people talk about me, the less strange adventures I get drawn into. And I like it that way."
pineapplesalmon: (a quick suggestion)

[personal profile] pineapplesalmon 2024-10-24 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
"And in a place like this, it's only a good thing." César agrees. "Best to avoid as much trouble as possible."